Life is strange. I created a yahoo account two months ago for my haiku submissions. Fortunately - I was mistakingly logged into a chat room. I was not quite familiar with yahoo as I hardly use it but after closing my Hotmail account - this was a good option.
I was figuring out how to come out of this chat room that too when so many messages were coming. Some erotic stuff that I just hated. I was about to go offline when a message came. Ofcourse - my photo was not there and my name was not appearing as my name. I was not interested but then I read the message. I can make it out - it was US English (slang...!). The introduction was funny and maybe I stopped as it made me laugh....In two months I found a chat buddy who taught me so many good things about his field without knowing me. He comes from a background of biotechnology and doing research. I have read some great papers. How cells work...multiply...I feel literate enough now ;) A person was just bored of studies and entered a chat room to chat; I entered out of mistake. We read good articles together...:)
I am no more a chat person but a man in his forties made me read his amazing articles, medical patient information research, and showed me a positive side of this chat room stuff. Though I have not shared anything about me but he consults me for my feedback for his work. My advise for his thesis at times. I have booked an hour a week to chat and read. The best part is its only about education here.
I never knew about Wow Club until I was told by him. Today - I joined this club to travel solo once a while. I have read so many papers around his research. Though I never told that I write but this chat room introduced me to US culture after I had left Deloitte.
Just happy to see good things....also happen in chat rooms. It's all about how to deal with people...and your moral values.
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